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A library of interviews with the world’s biggest thinkers.

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3mins
Left–Right, Back–Forth, Up–Down. What’s the fourth dimension?
7mins
Humans are musical animals four million years in the making, explained by music expert Michael Spitzer.
7mins
How the Big Bang gave us time, explained by theoretical physicist.
17mins
Rogue Putin is the biggest risk of 2023. Here are the other nine, explained by global political expert Ian Bremmer.
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5mins
Make it simple. Make it clear. Make it stick. Alan Alda on how to get everyone to understand your thoughts.
John Templeton Foundation
3mins
Here’s what job interviewers are testing you for, according to economist Tyler Cowen.
8mins
Strategy advisor Roger Martin explains how 2,000 year old military thinking is useful in modern business strategy.
6mins
How do we deal with information overload and unlock creativity? Build a second brain.
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5mins
“What you pay attention to, is your life.” Where do you place precious brain resources?
John Templeton Foundation
5mins
Do humans have souls, or are we just particles? Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder explains.
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5mins
“There’s a sense of crisis today that we did not have in the 1980’s or 90’s” — economist Tyler Cowen on progress in America.
John Templeton Foundation
5mins
How to defeat debaters who deal in distractions, according to a two-time world debate champion.
7mins
Is it better to be rational or optimistic? Steven Pinker explains.
15mins
Male inequality — the enormous cultural shift happening right under our nose.
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4mins
Why do so many cultures celebrate holidays at the same time of year?
John Templeton Foundation
6mins
How did complex systems emerge from chaos? Physicist Sean Carroll explains.